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A hearing on Wet 'n Wild's appeal of Occupational Safety and Health Administration citations has been scheduled for June 25-26 in Orlando. The water park is appealing OSHA's six serious citations and its recommendation of a $42,000 fine stemming from the near-drowning of an employee in August. "To the extent that any violation(s) occurred … it was the result of unpreventable employee misconduct of which the Respondent had no knowledge and which Respondent could not have reasonably foreseen," Wet 'n Wild said in its response. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission will hear the case. The injured worker was retrieving a customer's...

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A hearing on Wet 'n Wild's appeal of Occupational Safety and Health Administration citations has been scheduled for June 25-26 in Orlando.
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